User Interface considerations
Charles Arthur of the Independent has been trying out a 3G phone: “These phones have a depth of functionality that is overwhelming … Using that sort of power effectively … calls for not just world-class but…
Read MoreJava update
Computer Weekly writes: “[Vodafone and Orange] have invested in a US software startup developing an operating system based on Java technology. Orange and Vodafone … have invested $17.5m in SavaJe Technologies in a drive ‘for open…
Read MoreRecent press
Andy Heselwood, head of BT Broadcast mobile services said in newmediazero: “In the last nine months we realised we didn’t need 3G for video”. Yinka Adegoke continues: “[BT] Broadcast Services this week announced the third codec…
Read MoreAgreement with BT Broadcast Services
Agreement with BT Broadcast Services to offer a turn-key Mobile Video solution to broadcasters and mobile phone operators BT Broadcast Services (BTBS) and Forbidden Technologies plc (Forbidden) have reached an agreement to trial a new generation…
Read MoreAgreement with BT Broadcast Services
Forbidden announces an agreement with BT Broadcast Services to offer a turn-key Mobile Video solution to broadcasters and mobile phone operators.
Read MoreGovernment tourism report
Computer Weekly quotes a recent Tourism Sector report: “the tourism industry must utilise online technologies to overcome the difficulties caused by the tough economic conditions”.
Read MoreOnline advertising underrated
“The information we are getting back is that advertisers don’t want to be in news programmes”, said Steve Anderson, the ITV controller of news and current affairs in the Guardian. Regarding online advertising, the FT points…
Read MoreFT article on Forbidden
Alan Cane, a senior technology correspondent for the Financial Times, summarises the current state of play for Forbidden’s video compression.
Read MoreBroadband redefined
“… two years ago broadband was a high speed internet service operating at a minimum speed of 384 kilobits per second … the DTI now views broadband as a ‘generic term describing a range of technologies…
Read MoreOnline travel sales soar
Nua writes in a recent article: “Online travel sales in Western Europe increased 53 percent during 2002 … Overall travel sales in 2002 were worth EUR7.3 billion, or 3.5 percent of the tourism and travel market”.
Read MoreSo psyched to part of the A+E Networks deployment of Blackbird.
Kevin Tobin - Senior Director of Production, A+E Networks